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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
Pardoned BY she President.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-The Presi-
dent has granted pardon to j. j. @.
Dougherty, who was convicted Of en-
bezzling money order funds, amounting
to 1886, and sentenced October 9Th,
1884, to three years imprisonment in the
Baltimore city jail and to pay a fine
equal to the amount embezzled. The
pardon was granted upon the recon-
mendation of the judge who sem
fenced the convict and the present
district attorney, the postmaster under
whom he served and the sureties of the
convict and other persons and because of
his good character before sentence, his
contrition for his offence, his service of
more than three-fourths of his term, his
advanced age and feeble health, the con-
dition Of his family, the restitution to the
government of the money he embezzled
and his confession of his crime.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
NEW CASTLE


Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
New CASTLE, March 14.-Joseph O
White resumed control of the Star this
morning.
The Rev. Robert Accore will preach q
sermon to the Good Samaritans and
Daughters of Samarites next Thursday
night In the Union American Church.
James Wilmot, the shoe dealer, is con-
fined TO his house by illness.
The annual meeting of the New Castle
Loan Association will be held in the town
hall on Saturday, March 10th. Officers
for the ensuing year will be elected and
the annual report read.
The M. e. Church was filled to over
flowing last evening, 1t being the Rev.
Mr.. Terry's last sermon before confer
ence. He took his text from John, VI,
So, and preached an eloquent sermon.
ALI the other churches were we'll attended.
At a meeting held by the citizens of
this place few nights ago for the pur-
pose of organizing permanent fire de-
psrtment, the following officers were
elected: President, William Herbert !;
Vice. President, William Aud; Secretary,
George W. Eckles; Treasurer, John M.
Burke; Chief of Directors, John J..
G ormley. By unanimous vote it was
decided that the company be named the
Washington Steam Fire Hose and Hook
and Ladder Company. On motion the
secretary was instructed to see to procur-
ing q charter for the said company. It
was decided that the acting members be
limited to so, and that a meeting be held
every Saturday evening until further no.
tice. The following members were en-
rolled: William Herbert, James b. Bau,
George W. Eckles, A. III. Padberg, James
r. Christy, Fl. z. Bowman, Henry A
Padberg, John M. Vallette, William H.
Bradley, William Aud, John ]. Gormley,
A. Davis, William Rainey. George A.
Morrison, John M. Burke, Frank Patton,
Frank Sehuohardt, Harry 81. George,
William ]. Hunter and John Schuchardt.
NEW CASTLE, March 15.-The M. q.
church was filed last evening to hear
Mrs. J. X. Barney, superintendent OF
prison reform of the National Women's
Christian Temperance Union. All the
ministers of the different denominations
were present, and their congregations
were well represented. The church was
prettily decorated. The Rev. William
Patterson of the Presbyterian church,
presided. After the singing Of
''Rescue the Periahing," prayer
was offered by the Rev. W. W. Ferris
of the Baptist church. The Rev. T. e.
Terry then favored the audience with q
solo 1.-THE Hand on the Wall" The Rev.
Mr.. Patterson, in few well-chosen re.
marks introduced the speaker of the even.
ing. The lady is an eloquent speaker and
she related number Of touching Incl
dents connected with her work, and all
were impressed with the necessity Of
helping in the cause of temperance.
The Ancient Order OF Hibernians Is ar.
ranging for ball 10 be given Easter
Monday night.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
At ] O'Clock, eharp.


No. ]. Red sorrei horse, 6years old, i5k bands
high, weishs loo pounds, family broKe, and
NO. . Brown hurse, 0 years old, l5k high,
Weighs 200 pounds, family broke, and IA extra
Ms 8 and T. Chestnut sorrei team, 9 years
old, IL high, weigh 40 pounds with go ID bone
and action, and Will make good team for any
Rind of business
No. 8. Bay horse, 8 years old, 10 high, weighs
10 Q eounds, vi lots of bone, and suitable for
No Q. Gray mare. years old, IS high. weighs
e50 pou as, 3 good 'efuI mare, we'll broken,
No. z Brown horse, years old. weighs 800
pounds; a lov down chunE. with lots Of bone,
and able to DO any kind u work.
No. 8. Bay mare, years OLD, l6 high, weizhs
l,l50 pounds, Hambler MAN bred, with fine
style and action, well bred, and an extra nice
maze
h'gh. weighs l,iGO pounds, family BROKE, snd
No. 10. Brown ,rsa, years old, 10 high,
weighs l,e00 pounds, family broke, and will
No. II Bay horse, 4 ) ears old, a low down
chu K, W ighs LOO pounds, family broke,
single, and VIII stand vi hut hit hing; an
No. ies Brown hors4 years old, J5k: hieh,
Weighs !, 80 pouads, good gene a, purpo. Q
Noe. IL END u. Pair black horses q years cid.
l6 high, !welgi 800 pnunds. good style aud
| ectio : will M ka Ia x nd hea's So o. cos h team
No. 10 ask hor. Q. 8 wears old, Is h rh,
weighs 200 pounds, with g. od ct anu scIi Ii
No. is Bay h6rae. $ years OILS, Is high, tine
| style aud sction and an extra nlc4 nose.
No IL Dappia gray hr >, s Se-rI Old, l6
high, wsit hs 1900 pounds, good bone ard an
| extra good hors-
Nos. IS and TO- Pair of daple grays. ysars
old, 10 Ign, weiga ego Iounas, goo bone
| no. 90 Bay mare years old i5At high, low
down chunk, good worker In any Eind Of har-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
Deaths.

ApAMs-on the i4th inst, Mrs. Thomas
Jenifer Adams, aged n years.
Howard Ash, In his esth year.
BROWN Ia this city, on the 18Th inst Anule
=. wife Of ]. Psul Brown.
bhlbBMAN.-In Chrtstiapa hundred, on the
18th inst, Annie D. Beibeman, In the ed year
BGRKER.Nou the 18th inst, George, son Of
Geo,ge q and Annie Barker, in the Cd year
Intermsnt at Plymouth, Mass.
cOhOoRAN.-un the 18th inst, John Corcorsn,
AGED az years.
Fox.-ont eI4 inst, Sarah E. Fox, aged on
years.
HAcKETT, ON the 18Th inst, Meliasa, wife of
Isaac Hackeit, aged 33 yearsL
JkANDKLI lin this city, on the ieth inst,
Andrew Je2ndell, aged IS years.
LssWLEss-on the i2th inst, Julia. wife Of
Martin Lawiess, In the a5th year OF her age,
bstter known as Julia Hyland.
LoNG.-on the 18th inst, Ellen, wife OF Patrick
J; Long, eyed IS years;
Annie A, wife of Andrew McKibhin, in her
MGRTfHS.. the iath inst, James, son Of
James sS,s and Margaret hurtha, In the sd month
M1RTiN. suddenly, on the 18th inst, At
s Snsaas Fosal Pa, William A. Martin, IN the
RuBENcAME.-on the 18th inst, Jacob Ruben.
came aged "a years.
RoBBsON.-In this city on the 10Th inst Cam
taln John L, Robeson, aged ~ years.
sMITH.-In this city, on the 18th inst, Emma
n. Smith, aged CO years.
Relatives and friends OF the family are 70
spoctfully invited TO attend the funeral nom
her late residence, No. 5g1 West Seventh streef
on Friday, 18Th Inst, at O'Clock Intermenf
private.
WILSoN.-In this city, on the 10Th INST, Mary
Wilson, aged "a years
| W0oDWARD.-Died at his residence, COS Wass
street.. Wilmington. Del, A. w. Woodward
son Of the late james s. Woodward Of
servioaa At the house a. iF.so on Friday. LIN.
torment AZ woodland cemetery, Phiiadeiphis,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
WILSON I'm BRAz1U.
Ahe chesapeake and Delaware
Cnnnl Company DefAulter Found.
The Philadelphia Press Monday sava

Hhe chesapeake and DoImvvnYa
Canal Company Defaulter Found.
The philadelphia Press Monday saws |,
-. A. L. Wilson, who as treasurer Of the
chesapeake d Delaware Canal Company.
IN conjunction with Henry Y. Lesley
robbed that corporation of over 1915 600
and disappeared little more than eiRht
months ago 10 now In Rio Janeiro. He
has been there for several months. He
has engaged in the insurance business and
within very short time has been joined
py his wife and several members Of his
FAMILY. AS all the property which he
owned, whether encountered or unen-
numbered, had been made over to the
canal company, and as II would be impos-
sibie to extradite HIM from Brazil, IL In
not likely that any effort whatever will be
made to secure his return to Philadel-
phia.
Wilson's defalcation WAS discovered ON
june 3lst, 1885. II came TO light on the
eve OF the annual meeting of the COM
pany. when discovery could no longer be
avoided. He left letter, frankly con-
fessing that there was an oyer-iss,1e for
more than $6l5, 900; that he had been
drawn into 1t by his cousin, Henry v.
Lesley, former treasurer of the com
pany, who had been dismissed for
crooked" conduct, and whom Wilson
succeeded, and that he had concealed the
true state of affairs up to that time
hoping TO be able to make the loss good
in some unexplained way. No trace of
Wilson could be found. His flight, while
hastily. made, had evidently been care
fully planned. The detectives concluded
that he had taken train for the north
from some suburban station. This, how
ever, was mere guess work, for ten days
after the flight they were looking for the
fugitive in and around Philadelphia.
Mrs. Wilson's departure to Join her
husband was made very quietly. They
had lived in magnificent villa OF the
southwest corner of Forty first and
Lombard streets, In West Philadelphia,
which Mrs. Wilson owned in her own
right. Not long after Wilson fed an at.
tempt was made to dispose of the prop
erty, but this was not successful. Samuel
b. Huey was Wilson's counsel, and he did
not think the property could be disposed
Of at an advantageous figure. The house,
however, WAS soon closed. Some OF the
furniture was sold and some was sent to
the auction rooms, while Mrs. Wilson,
taking the youngest child s'Handy, .
named after his father and aged years,
went to her daughters house at Wayne.
Soon after that, and very recently, she
disappeared altogether, and the detectives
say abe has Joined her husband.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17


cottn Amounts 90 Nothing.
The New York Herald yesterday saws ,
The receipt yesterday of Telegram from
Wilmington, Del, announcing that the
Fruitland Grange Of Wyoming, whose
nembers are among the heaviest peach
growers OF the Peninsula, had resolved
70 make no more shipments Of peaches to
New York commission dealers, created
some discussion and no little Amusement
In the fruit trade. On the 9Th Inst. a
delegation of peach growers and com
mitteo of dealers met at the Mercantile
Exchange, in this CITY, and the latter an.
nounced that hereafter they would not
return baskets 10 shippers. 1t was be-
cause OF this decision that the miniature
boycott Of the New York dealers WIS d.
termined upon.
''This is a little piece Of bluff . said Mr..
Furman, Of Furman a. Page, No. 90 Park
place. ,"The Delaware growers cannot
get along without tho New York trade.
They expect q crop of 5000, 900 baskets
this year II they have good luck, and of
this New York Is likely to take 1900, 900
baskets. l am inclined to think that the
object OF the growers 10 TO forcc buyers
into their local markets, where the baskets
60 with the peaches and are not no.
turned. A peach basket costs about four
cents, and II is absurd TO send il back
hundreds of miles TO the shipper when he
can replace 1t so cheaply. The railroads
agree 10 take empty baskets back free of
charge, but as they refuse to give way
bills for them many are lost or destroyed,
and then the growers ask the merchant TO
make good the loss"
Mr.. John Il. Nix Of No. 21s Greenwich
street, whose firm handle large shipments
of Delaware peaches, said that the boy.
colt could not amount to anything, since
the growers depended more upon the
New York market than any other. The
trade was determined, he said, TO have
no more trouble sending peach baskets
back, and II Delaware growers refused,
there were plenty of peaches to be had In
New Jersey.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
Against ,he Trnc.,on oompnnv.


By decision of the supreme court in
Philadelphia filed Monday the Philadel-
phia Traction Company will be required
to pay its one-ffth share of the cost Of the
asphalt pavement around the new city hall,
amounting TO $12,e6 The contract for
the paving was originally made by the
city with the Vulcanite Paving Company,
and the Traction Company, agreed to pay
one-fifth of the cost of the work. Suisse
quently the Traction Company sought to
eyade its liability by claiming that the
materials entering into the pavement
were not mixed in exactly the proper
tions indicated in the contract. The city
paid the whole bill, and sued the Trac-
ton Company for its one-fifth, which
amounts to about $12,66S. Judge Ster-
rett holds that the company had no right
tosilently wait until the work was finished,
approved by the proper party and taken
off the hands OF the contractors, and then
on some frivolous pretext refuse to pay
it's proportion Of the cost.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
the Telephone sui, Begun,

Boston, March 1.-THE government
began its suit against the Bell Telephone
Company in the United States circuit
court this morning before Judge Colt, to
snnul two patents held by A. g. Bell on
the ground that he was not the original
inventor and that the patents were fraud.
ulently obtained. The defence moved 10
be allowed to demur and plead at the
same session. The sitting was adjourned
pending Judge Colts decision on this
point. William O. Strawbridge of PhiIa.
delphia, is associated with counsel fol
the government.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
A nIR relaRrnrn Rnmor,

BALTIMORE, March i3 There was a
story ct the Maryland Club this evening
that there would be great stir in tele-
graph matters in day or two. It was
said that the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
Company would be put upon an in
dependent basls and enter the field with
renewed vigor as the most formidable
competitor to the greatest monopoly the
century has seen. Mr.. Robert Garrett
when asked about 1t said, as usual, 81
have nothing to say" A reporter was
informed upon the best authority, how
ever, that Jay Gould is going to have
hard times with his telegraphio business
during the coming year, as the Baltimore
d Ohio Telegraph Company will assume
proportions of great magnitude within
few days.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
4 oorsrrrUrroNAn ooxYBxrIoN
The House For = Ballot ON the First
Tuesday in November = honds

The HOUSE Fer = Ballot ON tine First
Tuesday iu November = @onds
Snapped UPs
Special Dispatch to essstte and Journal
DovER, Msrch le.--When the third
reading CT bills was reached this morning
Mr.. Harrington called mp for passage the
constitutional convention bill agreed on
by the House committee, themain feature
of which is the submission of the question
to the people at special election on the
frat Tuesday Of November next. The
House went into committee of the whole,
with Mr.. NAPLES In the chair. Air. viii
son offered an amendment substituting
the third Tuesday in May, 1888. After q
lengthy debate Mr.. Wilson's amendment
was lost by vote of ID to 8, the six
being Wilson, Temple, Lowber, Ware,
Mulligan and Taylor. Mr.. Jones' then
offered the Senate Or. MARTINEZ bill as
an amendment, which names the next
general election day as the time to vote
upon the question. Mr.. Jones eaid he
would vote for no other day. IA any
other day simply meant no con-
vention. Mr.. Mccoy also vehemently
advocated the general election day. Mr..
Jones' amendment was lost by vote of
IL to 8, the three being Mccoy, Jones
and Rust. The committees bill naming
the FIRST Tuesday of next November was
then agreed to by vote of IS to 6. The
committee then rose and the House ad
journed.
State Treasurer Herbert came down
this morning with on offer from Moller d
Co., 81 Wall street, New York for the
whole of the $3.50 900 three per cent, 20
years bonds, authorized by DR.. Chambers
refunding bill which passed the Senate
only yesterday.
The new bonds SO quickly snapped up
are TO be taken at par.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17

WEST PHILADELPHIA STOCK YARDS, March "a. -
Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head prices, n 70 Nc
4Xa4kc-; common, 4a4Ac
Bheep-Rsceipts, 10000 head extra, b,6a5kc.,
good, 5a5Ac-; medium, 4As4kc.; common, Sh
f4c.
Lambs-4kaThc.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; Nc. higher; west
err, s56aSkc.i state, 8l6Ac.
head; shipping steers, sS.7ba5S5 stockers and
feeders, 81 60a3 90 cows, bulls and mixed Sc 90
$40; bulk, s. S0a3.l5. Hogs-Reoeipts, 1900
head rough and mixed, So. 20s5 IS packing
and shipping, IS 7ta6 o. lght,s5 i6a5 20; skips,
50 904 20. Sheep-Receipts. 2, 600 head; natives,
50. 00a6 TO; western, s9t0a4 90 Texans, Sc sos
4 o. lambs, S4.50a5 80.
NEW YORK, March IA --Beeyes-Rsseipts, 2, 9gO
head; poor to prime steers. 81 35a5.s0 per 1OI
pounds; extra do. f5.60a5.75: bulls and dry
sSesn S, S1a few FANCY bulls w . &
d. II ard unchanged NJ 81 60a6 y n 100 pounds
for shesp, and 1896 60 for year,ing lambs
really O. "a heavy sheep, s5ss and gooo
one cd tliv-; nnminaIly firm at $5.s0A6 10.
EAST LIBERTY, PA, March 14-Cattle-Receipts
b65 head; market active and l5c. to 90. Gighei
than lHst week. Hoge-Receipts, 42N head
marset nrD; Phi adelphlss $3.50 40: Workers
s5.s0l6 common and igut, $50 bT5 Sheer
Receipts, 900 head; market fair at la i
BALTIMORE, Mach 14--Swine-supply lieh,
and 'a,rly Rooh demand; receipts, 6sS9 head
quot TONS 6ss716'.
head; omnon TO fir, sias5O; good to cholcs
shipping, Sass 3; extra sseerF. s5.i5s5.sO; cows
and hetiers, 81 a5a4; fat bnllp, 90 3Sha.75 extra
'nwH, s25a3j; reals, s5.50i650 fheep-Recslpss
$500 he d. common 10 eood. $3.50 5; cpoice %
extra, IS p 5 10 fair to GOOD lambs, f5s5 40
CORD 10 choice, s. 50a6 Hogs--Rece pts, igt
head; light pigs, S5.s5 co. mixed pigs and light
Yo' kers, q 60 $50; SO, ected Workers., Ssa6 10;
Rejected medium weights, S6.t5a6s % selected
h Rvs ends, 1875 i5.75; coarse mixed heavy
ends, $3.50, market closed at q decline OF 5aloc.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
DEFAUzrsR.
The Late Registrar RSsithger'a Acc
commits sI1,eOO short.

commits 8IlseOu SMufas
The Philadelphia Pres Of Friday Gays
II came to light yesterday that the late
A. NewIin Keithltr, registrar Of the water
department, who died last week, was
short In his accounts to the amount of
$11, 900. The discovery was made on
Tuesday week by Chief Engineer Ogden.
MIR. Keithler, as head of the registrars
department, had charge of all moneys
paid in, the amount of which may be
realized when it is stated that last year
they aggregated 81 900, 900. Mr.. Keithler
had been registrar for five years and bore
an excellent reputation.
The manner In which the discovery of
the shortage was made was this: There ia
rule in the water department that when
q plumber opens street he shall deposit
with the registrar the sum of 90. After
his work Is completed and the highway
department gives him q Certificate that
the street has been properly closed he can
go TO the water department and get back
his %. It often happens that plumbers,
owing to the trouble they are obliged to
20 to in order to get back their money,
never claim 1t and 1t remains to the per-
sonal account Of the registrar.
IL had been the custom of Registrar
Keithler to deposit all such moneys in the
Spring Garden Bank, where it was SUBJ
ject to bis personal check. The amount
that should have been on deposit there
belonging 10 others at the time of his
death, according to his accounts, was
$7,0O0. On Tuesday last Chief Ogden
began to investigate this account. He
found to his establishment that rot cent
was on deposit at the bank, all having
been drawn out by Mr.. Keithler on per-
sopal checks.
He found shortage of $4,000 more in
other accounts, which seems to be the ex-
tent of the defalcation, SO far as he has
been able to ascertain by the means at
hand. There is belief that the money
was lost by Mr.. Keithler in speculation
and that the worriment caused by the
knowledge of ii hastensd his death.
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m. GARRETT NOT AT HIS oFFIoE.
stricken WIN ApopIexY.

Captain Calvin Tagpart of Philadelphia,
brother of Joshua Taggart of this city,
was suddenly stricken with an apoplectic
at at the p, W. g. B. railroad station
Tuesday afternoon. The captain, who Ia
II years old and has always been hale and
hearty, had just returned from the funeral
of Captain J. L. Robson, his lifelong
friend and companion, and it is thought
that the attack was directly due to the ex-
oitement and grief attending the funeral.
BE had gone to the railroad station to re-
turn home on the O'Clock train, when
he was suddenly taken sick and had to be
conveyed 10 the European Hotel, where
he is still lying in a semi unconscious
condition. DR.. Draper was called and
did what he could for bis relief The
captains condition remained unchanged
throughout the night and yesterday
morning remained about the same
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17

Harvey B. vandegrift, agent for the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Monday morning arrested Howard
Lille for driving one of George O. White
mans horses to death Sunday. Lille,
in company with two friends, drove to
Chester and back Sunday afternoon be-
tween 2 and O'Clock. When the horse
came back to the stable it was unable
longer to stand and fell. The animal
fingered until about IL o'clock Sunday
night when it died. The offender was
arraigned before Squire Smith Monday
morning and fined $40 and costs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
Death Of MRS. J. paul Brown

Annie e., wife of ]. Paul Brown, died
early Sunday morning after an illness
lasting over only few days. Nothing
positively serious was apprehended until
Thursday evening last, when peritonitis
set in. At O o'clock on Saturday the snf-
ferer became unconscious, which condi-
ton lasted until deeth interviewed, at )
O'Clock Sunday morning. The deceased
was married to j. Paul Brown, April 4th,
1877. She is a niece Of Mrs. Thomas
McClary, with whom she had lived from
infancy. One child only, Thomas NC
Clary Brown, aged years, survives.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
THO p. w. q v. Isrnneh.

Work was begun Monday on the new
Shellpot branch of the p, W. & B. rail
road, which is to run from Delaware
junction, through South and East Will
mington, again striking the main line
near Edge Moor. About SO men were put
at work where the line crosses the cause
way and the work accomplished during
the day was very perceptible. The grad
Ing will mostly require filling up with the
earth from the bitches which will be dug
ON both sides. 1t is respected that the
road will be ready for operation in August
next
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
KENYON.

Special Correspondents Of Gazette and Journa
KENYON, March 14.-0n Thursday
night the Sunday school held its mis-
sionary anniversary, at which there were
many selections of music and an interest
ing dialogue, entitled s'The Oolloquy of
Nations" rendered in praiseworthy
manner by young ladies.
On the same evening Mr.. Louis Hilyard
and Miss Matte Wallace were married.
On Friday negro working for George
Cook lef. the team with which he was
working in the field and, going to the
house, stole the watch belonging to MIR,
Cooks son and left the place. The con
stable was notified and the thief was cap.
tured and committed to jail.
Mr.. Thomas q. Bailey Ia preparing t.
build an addition to the old brick home
stead recently bought from his sister.